diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index 4bb3867..59ffe59 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 15e7e28..bd28a44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%20License%202.0-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
-[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.8.0-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.9.0-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/rife2/bld.svg)](https://github.com/rife2/bld/releases/latest)
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.uwyn.rife2/bld/badge.svg?color=blue)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/com.uwyn.rife2/bld)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/com.uwyn.rife2/bld?server=https%3A%2F%2Fs01.oss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/com/uwyn/rife2/bld/)
diff --git a/core b/core
index 1f33451..e4596b4 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1f334516bee3984782f3bdfb59d6a6c525715cfb
+Subproject commit e4596b4dc89b27a61d11e2f5b99fdb922fdbc8a3
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index ce710ea..8ceef5b 100644
Binary files a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 4ab3102..2702627 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extension-antlr=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-antlr4:1.2.6
-bld.extension-archive=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-archive:0.4.6
-bld.extension-tests=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-tests-badge:1.4.6
+bld.extension-antlr=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-antlr4:1.2.7
+bld.extension-archive=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-archive:0.4.7
+bld.extension-tests=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-tests-badge:1.4.7
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=core/src/bld/java
-bld.version=1.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
+bld.version=1.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/BldBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/BldBuild.java
index d4e2029..04d3f27 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/BldBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/BldBuild.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public BldBuild()
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
         scope(test)
-            .include(dependency("org.json", "json", version(20231013)));
+            .include(dependency("org.json", "json", version(20240205)));
 
         var core_directory = new File(workDirectory(), "core");
         var core_src_directory = new File(core_directory, "src");
diff --git a/src/main/resources/BLD_VERSION b/src/main/resources/BLD_VERSION
index 06898e3..abb1658 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/BLD_VERSION
+++ b/src/main/resources/BLD_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+1.9.0
\ No newline at end of file